pestilence

Example Sentences

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We can expect economic upheaval, famine and pestilence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Those concepts interlace in his ossuary, enlivened when he plays his tenderly kept records, remnants of human joy all but lost to a Rage pestilence.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

We instinctively comfort ourselves: I will never set foot in a submersible, my life will never be uprooted by war or pestilence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2023

When that happened, the gods could bring death and devastation through floods and pestilence.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

People of every rank and station wanted to escape the spreading pestilence and breathe the fresh, healthy air of the countryside.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy